US General:Sentient killer war robots could turn on humans

A top military official has warned lawmakers not to equip the military with autonomous weapons that could go rogue. The US's second highest-ranking general said he believed humans must always be the ones to pull the trigger when it came to killing people. General Paul Selva advocated keeping the'ethical rules of war' - even if the US's enemies didn't. In June the Pentagon awarded an $11 million (£8.4 million) contract to build a'combined-arms squad' of human and robotic capabilities. The US's second highest-ranking general warned that he does not'think it's reasonable to put robots in charge of whether we take a human life' (stock image) In June the Pentagon awarded an $11 million (£8.4 million) contract to build a'combined-arms squad' of human and robotic capabilities.